William



W. 0. WINP-IELD'. MEANS FOR HOLDINGGLOBES IN LANTERNS.

No. 510,058., Patented'Deo. 5,1893.

AT7I'EST.I I 1 INVE/VTOH. I

THE NATIONAL UTHOGRAPKINR COMPANY.

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WILLIAM C. l/VINFIELD, OF WARREN,

OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE \VINFI-ELD MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

MEANS FOR HOLDING GLOBES IN LANTERNS.

:PECIPICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 510,058, dated December5, 1893.

Application filed April 4, 1892. Renewed November 2, 1893. Serial No.489,883. (No model.)

T0 on whom 2325 may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM G. WINFIELD, a citizen of the United States,residing at Warren, in the county of Trumbull and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Meansfor Holding Globesin Lanterns; and I do hereby declare that the following is a'full,clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in means for holding globes inlanterns, and the invention consists in aholder constructed andarrangedsubstantially as shownanddescribed and particularly pointed outin the claims.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a cross section of a lanterncanopy and a side elevation of one form of myimproved holder in workingposition thereon, a fragment of a globe being shown in dotted lines.Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the hinge parts of canopy and holder, asshown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a view of a form of holder modified in the,hinge portions, and showing a cross section of the canopy and asideelevation of the holder. Fig. 4: is a bottom view of the canopy andholder as shown in Fig. 3.

A represents the canopy of the lantern, which is made in the usual wayand provided with rim a about its edge for purposes of strength.

B represents the holder, made, preferably, of a single piece of suitablewire, bent to the desired shape so as to form the tongue I), thecircular globe engaging portion 0, the hinge d, and the springextremities g. It will be observed that in both the forms shown the endsg of the holder are bent at the point immediately beyond the hingeportion cl, and that the extremities thereof bear against the bottom ofthe canopy. So also in both forms does the hinge connection d, serveevery pur-. pose of securing the holder to the canopy. Then by spreadingthe said extremities from the hinge d as shown, the holderis supportedagainst lateral vibration or turning and the effect is practically thesame as if a wide bearing were had in the hinge d, orthe extremities gwere rigidly fixed to or in the canopy by soldering or otherwise. Yet itwill be seen that this effect is obtained without the use of solder orother means for making a rigid connection between canopy and holder, andthat nothing is required but to bend the wire substantially as at d andh and to spread its ends. The spring tension produced by the arms orends 9 is such as to keep the holder securely down upon the globe, andthis is the normal position of the holder, as seen in Figs. 1 and 3. Itwill also be noticed that the holder has a shank It as shown in bothforms, and this shank is so constructed and arranged with respect to rima about which the wire is turned, that the holder oanbe raised orlowered more or less without disturbing its other functions toaccommodate different heights of globe. It is well known to themanufacturers of this art that globes vary somewhat in length, and thatthe fastening and supporting mechanism should be such as to accommodateitself to these differences. The difference is not great,

yet it amounts to enough to require notice in the construction ofsupporting mechanism, and such difference as may be is accommodated bythe shank 70 moving up or down in respect to rim a as the globeis higheror lower.

In Figs. 1 and 2 the wire passes in over the rim a from the outside, andbeing bent downward at h, is curved upward toward the extremities of theends g, the ends being bent or spread apart in substantially V shapefrom the point h. This gives room for the upward and downward movementof the holder in respect to the canopy to accommodate the differentheights of globes, as before set forth, and at the same time balancesthe holder and produces the requisite spring tension.

In Figs. 3 and 4 the wire of the holder is bent from the inside outwardaround the rim a, or like portion of the canopy, and thence downward andinward on opposite sides of shank k, forming an oblong loop within whichthe said holderhas vertical movement or play.

Having thus described myinvention, whatI 9 5 claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The canopy, and the globe holder adjustably connected with the edgethereof, the ends of the wire forming the holder extended to rco bearagainst the inside of the canopy, substantially as described.

2. The canopy, and the globe holder adjustably pivoted on the edgethereof, and the ends of the wire from which the globe holder is formedextending beyond the pivot point, and bent to bear against the canopyand movable thereon, substantially as described.

3. The canopy, and the globe holder adj ustably secured to the edgethereof, the ends of the wireoutof which the globe holder is formedextending beneath and bearing against the canopy and bent to form aspring to keep the holder down on the globe, substantially as described.

4. The canopy, and the globe holder hinged loosely on the edge thereof,the wire out of which said holder is formed having its free endsextending beneath and bearing against WVILLIAM O. WINFIELD.

lVitnesses:

M. J. SLOAN, J. F. WILSON.

